| The Weekly Newsletter of North Shore Community Baptist Church | July 23rd, 2024 | | |
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The Gospel Unbound, Week 5
Acts 16
Richard Wallace
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The Gospel Unbound: A Powerful Movement of Transformation in the Book of Acts
How powerful is the gospel? Powerful enough to change your life? Powerful enough to change your street? Powerful enough to change the North Shore? This summer The Gospel Unbound series dives into the original gospel movement in the book of Acts, revealing how the message of Jesus sparked a movement reaching into all corners of society, bringing transformation and new life to all kinds of people and communities. Join us as we discover how this same power is still at work today, how we and our communities can be changed by it, and how we can be part of this movement as the gospel is unbound in our lives! This week, we will look at Paul and Barnabus' time in Jerusalem, and their return to Antioch of Syria as shown in the map above.
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VBS Thank You + Sharing Decorations
Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to and prayed for VBS this year! We are so grateful for the stories we are hearing from parents about how the gospel is taking root in the lives of kids at our church and beyond!
Parents: continue discipleship at home with our "Summer Bucket List" devotionals on the children's resource table.
We were also so glad to be able to share our VBS decorations with Chinese Bible Church of Greater Lowell! Let's pray together for their VBS, running August 5th-9th.
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Life Together Retreat Registrations!
NSCBC will be hosting a retreat for all ages on Friday, October 25th through Sunday, October 27th. Join us as we build community, strengthen intergenerational relationships, and grow our relationship with God and one another. Please reach out to the office with any questions!
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MomCo Summer Book Club
Read and discuss Habits of the Household by Justin Whitmel Earley with us! We'll be meeting on Thursday evenings (7:30-9 PM) over the summer at Tess Wallace’s home. Open to all moms! Here's our meeting and chapter discussion schedule:
7/25 - Work and Play
8/8 - Conversation, Bedtime and Conclusion
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World Partner Q+A - August 11th + 18th
On both the 11th and the 18th, we will meet in friendship hall directly after the 10 am service. Join us on the 11th for a Q+A with Phil and Anneliese, serving in North Africa. Join us on the 18th for a Q+A with Tom and Megan, serving on East African Islands.
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Liturgy for Life - A Worship Seminar
Join us Saturday, August 17th, from 9:30-12:30 for a morning seminar on worship for leaders and anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of what worship is. This seminar is designed with our service leaders and worship team in mind, but all are welcome to join!
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Check Out New Library Books!
Check out When Mountains Crumble, Find Your People, or Heart of Belonging, all currently available in the church library. To see the full library catalogue, visit the link below!
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Save the Date - Serve Beverly
August 24th
Join NSCBC as we partner with North Shore Gospel Partnership churches in a day of service to our community. Projects include gardening, trash pickup, letter writing to incarcerated people, packing lunches with Ellis Square Friends, and more!
We will do service projects together in the morning and have a united worship service in the late afternoon. Our shared hope is not just to host a one-day service project, but to be a church with meaningful relationships with our local community, serving on a regular basis. This is just a start. Join us!
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Child Dedications - September 1st
If you would like to dedicate your child at NSCBC in the service on September 1st, please sign up at the link below.
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TBRI Training for Caregivers
If you are a foster or adoptive parent or professional (or someone supporting foster youth or families), consider joining Fostering Hope New England’s next "full" virtual TBRI® Caregiver Training beginning September 19th.
Visit fosteringhope.org/fall-tbri for more info and registration.
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What We're Singing at NSCBC
Have you ever wanted a playlist of the songs we're singing as a church in this season? Listen here for the songs we’ll be singing at NSCBC.
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Kingdom-Centered Prayer
We are meeting in person for our Friday morning prayer meetings at 6:30–7:30am to pray for the kingdom to advance in Essex County. Join us in Friendship Hall (downstairs at NSCBC) or click here to join us on Zoom with the password: prayer.
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Sabbatical Beginning - May 27th
As many of you know, Pastor Bobby’s time of sabbatical began on, May 27th - and lasts through August 18th. In order to fully ‘unplug’ during this time, Bobby will not be accessing his email while he is away. If you have a need for pastoral care, an emergency, a question about the ministries of our church, or just want to check in with a staff member or elder, please reference the list below!
This time of sabbatical is also a great time for us as a church family to be thinking on the theme of rest and reflection. We're excited as a community to be learning about this during Bobby's time of Sabbatical!
Request for pastoral prayer or care - Please contact our Associate Pastor, Richard Wallace.
Question about the ministries of our church or want to check in with a staff member - Maddie Hutchison can connect you with the best person to speak with!
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We pray for Maya Long and her family as they have just welcomed Maya's grandson, Noah, into their home. If you would like to take the family a meal, please visit this link.
We pray for Stephanie Duncan as she undergoes chemo-therapy treatments.
We pray for those in our community who are currently looking for work and/or housing.
Please be praying for several world partners who will be visiting with us this summer: Sharon, Phil and Anneliese, Tom & Megan. May they experience rest and encouragement while they are here. Our partner Merelyn is retiring in July from her ministry to students in Asia. Pray for her transition back to life on the North Shore. Please welcome our partners this summer as you see them!
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Parking Reminder
With the joy of worshipping all together in one service in the summers comes the reality that our parking lot can get quite full quite quickly!
If you consider NSCBC your church home, please consider helping us welcome guests and those with mobility difficulties by parking on one of the streets surrounding the church. Park along any of the green areas on this map, and enjoy the summer weather on a short walk to church!
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